Virtual chinchilla game

Set up your own chinchilla store or sell your pets in the classifieds. I hope to listen to the suggestions of my users and continue to shape the game into a simulated realistic chinchilla breeding experience. This game was built in PHP as a way of allowing anyone to enjoy the experience of being a chinchilla breeder in a somewhat realistic virtual setting.

This game came about as a suggestion by one of the members of the Chinchilla Club. I try to add everything my members request so I brushed up on my PHP and created the game. For the most part it is pretty realistic. You must choose real life breeding plans and place chinchillas into cages together to breed. Now and forever!

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Sokpop Collective. Eat, Frog. Most players just paste that into the notes for each animal. These notes are also important for selling. Start with these items:. It is important to play the games to get virtual money. Check the classifieds often for good breeding stock. Once you start raising quality chins consider selling them on the open market. You don't need a ranch brand but if you're selling chins regularly it can help sales to get your name out and market your chins.

Now we get to the part everyone is probably most interested in. If you have skipped to straight this part you will fail if you haven't read about the importance and use of standards above. Since it is not practical to list all the possible color combinations and their probable outcomes I'll recommend you use the charts found at chinchillaclub. In real life is it not good practice to mix colors together since it can take many generations of breeding the same color to get good coloring.

In the game color outcomes are always ideal, so mix away. Black and Brown Velvet The velvet gene is not a color as much as it is a gene that exaggerates any markings that would otherwise be subtle. This includes the black veiling expressed as black hair tips above the white bar on a standard grey along the back and face giving the markings a dark or black appearance.

Other TOV crosses exist in reality but only these two are included in the game as of now. Ebony Ebony is not a color as much as it a gene that results in the extension of the color down over the belly of the animal. Ebony is a crucial gene in making color wraps such as the famous violet wrap where the belly is not white but the same color as the fur on its back.

In most animals the ebony gene will darken the veiling and the belly. Real world solid wraps are very difficult to accomplish but in v-chins you get idealistic color results with every wrap.

Ebony comes in two flavors. There is a light ebony and plain ebony. Light ebony is a heterozygous ebony meaning the chinchilla inherets one ebony gene from one parent. Ebony chinchillas inherit ebony genes from both sides.

Therefore, to get ebony you must breed two chins with the ebony gene. Homo Beige Homo beige requires color genes from both sides. Breed two beiges together to get a homo beige which looks slightly different from a regular hetero beige. Breeding a homo beige to a standard will always give you a hetero beige. Carriers Standard carriers look like standard grey chinchillas but carry mutation color genes that can be exploited. Don't forget these also carry the standard benefit, at least, enough to prevent a quality downgrade caused by breeding two mutants.

It is also possible its offspring will inherit the standard gene. It may take a few times of getting colors you don't want but eventually you'll get it and it will be improved quality. Remember you can always cull the lesser ones from your herd. Sapphire and Violet Sapphire and violet are recessive genes. They can exist in standard carriers but must be received by both parents to be a sapphire or violet.

I have covered what I think would be the basics of strategy for quality in the game and enough about colors to make sense of how the game uses it. It may seem like a lot of information but in practice it is all very repetitive and easy to remember after you've done it for the umpteenth time.

In the long run you will see good results if you understand the concepts behind these strategies and wisely use them to your advantage. Enjoy the game. Virtual Chinchillas Genetics Guide Written by Chris Hamilton AKA GrayRodent Last updated: April Since the introduction of color genetics and realistic award placement in v-chins there have been many inquiries about how it works and many misunderstandings about it.

Old vs New In older versions of v-chins, points were the sole inherited value. In new versions, the chinchilla judge now places awards based on four categories of quality which are inherited. Just like in real life, animals with these inherited qualities cannot be influenced by points.

Now to get high quality chins it is necessary to carefully plan and breed individuals to improve each successive generation. Improvement is guaranteed when you follow an effective strategy and v-chins are doomed to failure when you don't. What's Your Strategy? The Measure of Quality If you're aiming for quality it might help to understand how it is measured in the game. In v-chins the virtual chinchilla judge will base his judgment on four simplified criteria: Conformation A chinchilla should have a "blocky" stance.

Quality Numbers Each v-chin is assigned a quality number that is based on the four quality categories combined. Standards First Before we begin breeding we must consider our goals. Standard Benefit Breeding two mutations together can increase your chances of getting a mutation color but always at a cost of quality.

Lethal Factors Some mutations can carry a lethal gene and if inherited from both parents you will not get a baby. Males and Females In real life chinchilla pregnancy is over days and then the babies must be weaned. Complimenting Qualities Since the four qualities Conformation, color, fur, and size work independently of each other, as in real life, it is good to compliment your v-chins with opposing qualities.

Culling In the game it's easy to get rid of chinchillas that have less than desirable traits. Managing Virtual Money Although this does not relate directly to genetics it can affect your ability to buy breeding stock.

Start with these items: Travel cage Grooming kit Dust bath house It is important to play the games to get virtual money. Colors Now we get to the part everyone is probably most interested in. Here are some pointers on color that might help you make sense of it all: Black and Brown Velvet The velvet gene is not a color as much as it is a gene that exaggerates any markings that would otherwise be subtle. Don't forget homozygous velvet inheriting velvet from both sides is a dead velvet.

White Mosaic White Mosaic comes from a mixture of white and standard. Don't forget a homozygous white chinchilla equals no chinchilla.